. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. quashedmy ribs in. Shall we go aboard now ? said he. It is gettingdusk, and perhaps those fellows will be coming backwith thirty or forty more of the same kidney. Ive hadenough fighting for one day. Lets have one more drink to allow for coming up,then well pack out of this, said Gudgeon. So very soon afterwards we were taking leave of our BOAT AHOY! 335 American friends at the landing-place, and then (aftera little delay caused by Barrett, who, being rather tipsy,wanted to swim off, if you please, an
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. quashedmy ribs in. Shall we go aboard now ? said he. It is gettingdusk, and perhaps those fellows will be coming backwith thirty or forty more of the same kidney. Ive hadenough fighting for one day. Lets have one more drink to allow for coming up,then well pack out of this, said Gudgeon. So very soon afterwards we were taking leave of our BOAT AHOY! 335 American friends at the landing-place, and then (aftera little delay caused by Barrett, who, being rather tipsy,wanted to swim off, if you please, and had to be ex-postulated with, and finally secured to prevent hisjumping into the water) we rowed off to the Albatross,in rather a straggling fashion I must say. Boat ahoy ! No, no ! answered Gudgeon. There, thats properNavy fashion, remarked he. What does it mean ?— why that theres no com-missioned officer in the boat. If there was one youdsing out Yes, yes! and if the skipper was coming offyoud sing out Albatross ! or whatever the name ofthe ship might be ; they know whos coming CHAPTER XXVIII. HOMEWARD BOUND. LOADING FOR HOME—START OF THE RIVAL CLIPPERS—MISS FLIP—THE CORAL REEF—A NARROW ESCAPE. 4iHE tea chops came floating down the river atlast, and the anchorage soon became noisilybusy as the Chinamen rapidly transferredtheir cargoes into the holds of the waitingessels. Then came the news that we are to racei^ home with the Ariel and the Serica, and every-body worked his hardest to get the cargo in and haveeverything in readiness for a level start; while nothingwas talked about in the forecastle but the sailingpowers of the three ships, the carrying-on propensitiesof their several captains, and so forth. ]\Ieantime the chests were scurrying into our hold ina ceaseless stream all day long, until at last the cargowas level with the combings, and not another chestcould be squeezed in. Then the cabins were filled, andthe saloon—all but the least space round
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